Conference “Nuclear Weapons and International Security in the 21st Century”

Moscow Hosts Major Nuclear Weapons Conference Following US Elections International Leaders Discuss Global Security Framework for the 21st Century.

In a groundbreaking conference designed to address the immediate implications of the US elections results senior Russian officials will join former international civil and military leaders to discuss key global security issues.
“Nuclear Weapons and International Security in the 21st Century” is an event jointly organized by the Russian International Affairs Council and Global Zero and will be hosted by the Moscow State Institution of International Relations (MGIMO).

Moscow Hosts Major Nuclear Weapons Conference Following US Elections International Leaders Discuss Global Security Framework for the 21st Century.

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 8, 2012. In a groundbreaking conference designed to address the immediate implications of the US elections results senior Russian officials will join former international civil and military leaders to discuss key global security issues.

“Nuclear Weapons and International Security in the 21st Century” is an event jointly organized by the Russian International Affairs Council and Global Zero and will be hosted by the Moscow State Institution of International Relations (MGIMO).

Participants in the conference will include leading Russian experts on international security and nuclear arms control, senior Russian government officials, leading institutes on Russian public affairs and representatives of the international media, as well as former civil and military leaders and experts representing all of the nuclear powers. Global Zero, the international initiative dedicated to the complete elimination of all nuclear weapons and led by 300 global leaders, will be represented by Ambassador Richard Burt, the US chair of Global Zero and chief negotiator of the original START treaty between Russia and the US. “This is a unique and timely meeting of global experts in international security, a genuine opportunity to determine a new framework for nuclear weapons control and reductions – for the United States and Russia, as well as for the other nuclear powers – that should begin in 2013,” says Ambassador Burt.

The conference will address the principles of future US-Russian strategic security cooperation following the US elections, will include presentations of key US and Russian reports on scenarios for nuclear arms reductions and address the issues of multilateral disarmament, nuclear proliferation and the threat of nuclear terrorism.

About Global Zero:

Global Zero, the international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons, has grown to 300 eminent leaders, nearly half a million citizens and 135 university campus chapters worldwide. It has been endorsed by political leaders around the world, with President Obama declaring, "Global Zero will always have a partner in me and my administration." Its step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons has been endorsed by leading newspapers, the Financial Times concluding that, "Global Zero's plan has shown the direction to be travelled; the world’s leaders must now start moving."

About Russian International Affairs Council:

Non-profit partnership Russian International Affairs Council (NPP RIAC) is a non-profit membership organization. RIAC activities are aimed at strengthening peace, friendship and solidarity between the peoples, preventing international conflicts and promoting crises settlement. The partnership was established upon the decision of the co-founders and in compliance with the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation #59-рп of February 2, 2010 “On creation of a non-profit partnership Russian International Affairs Council”.

About MGIMO

MGIMO, which, in Russian, stands for Moscow State Institute of International Relations, was founded on October 14, 1944 when the USSR Council of People’s Commissars reorganized the recently created School of International Relations of the Moscow State University into an independent institute. MGIMO is Russia's most prestigious educational institution for young people with international interests. For international students, MGIMO is that and more: a modern, welcoming, and intellectually stimulating place to study in Russia’s greatest city.